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Dr. Frederick A. Peirce, Jr
Mar 30, 2014
Newport, RI - Dr. Frederick Arthur Peirce, Jr., 89, of Newport, RI, died on Sunday, March 30, 2014, at Forest Farm Health Care Center.He was the husband of Jeanne (Cournoyer) Peirce. Born in Hackensack, NJ on December 17, 1924, he was the son of the late Frederick A. Peirce, Sr. and Ruth (Hart) Peirce.Dr. Peirce served in the Navy as...
Felix A. Petrarca Jr
Mar 30, 2014
Felix A. Petrarca Jr., 70, passed away peacefully at home on March 30, 2014 after a long illness. Born in Coventry, RI on March 26, 1944, he was a 60 year resident of Portsmouth, RI. Felix was a graduate of De La Salle Academy in Newport, RI and St. Anselm College. Mr. Petrarca was the owner and founder of the...
Lisa Ann Silvia
Mar 29, 2014
Lisa Ann (Wilkinson) Silvia Middletown, - Lisa Ann (Wilkinson) Silvia, 53, of Middletown, peacefully passed away surrounded by her family and friends on March 29th, 2014 at home after a long, courageous battle with cancer.Born in Newport, RI on Dec. 19, 1960, she was the daughter of Lucy Ripa, Ray Wilkinson, and step-daughter of Frank McCulley. She is survived by...
Amy Cotta
Mar 27, 2014
Portsmouth, RI - Amy (Roderick) Cotta, 106, of Portsmouth, died Thursday, March 27, 2014 at Forest Farm Health Care Center Middletown, RI. She was the wife of the late Henry Cotta. Born in Portsmouth, RI on February 20, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Manuel and Maria (Paiva) Roderick. Mrs. Cotta was a communicant of St. Barnabas Church...
Catherine C. "Mima" Waradzin
Mar 27, 2014
Catherine C. "Mima" Waradzin, 81, of Forest Avenue, Middletown, passed away on Thursday, March 27, 2014.Born on September 11, 1932 in Bridgeport, CT, the daughter of the late Charles and Anna (Dougherty) Campbell, she lived in RI for most of her life.Wonderfully wise and deeply spiritual, Mima was a passionate reader who loved nature, art music, and most of all...
Joan C. Ferreira
Mar 26, 2014
Prudence Island, RI - Joan C. (Brownell) Ferreira, 79, of Prudence Island, died Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at Kindred Country Gardens Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center Swansea, MA. She was the wife of the late Henry P. Ferreira. Born in Newport, RI on July 23, 1934, she was the daughter of the late John C. and Lucy M. (George) Brownell....
Evelyn Amelia Hamilton
Mar 26, 2014
Newport, RI - Evelyn Amelia Hamilton, of 100 Kay Street, died at 6:30 A.M. on Tuesday Morning, March 25, 2014. Mrs. Hamilton moved from Los Angeles to Newport in 1996 to care for her daughter Cynthia Hamilton who had been diagnosed with MS. She has been here since then. Mrs. Hamilton was a retired teachers aid, which she had done...
Donald "Jitters" F. Roderick
Mar 26, 2014
Newport, RI - Donald "Jitters" F. Roderick, 84, of Newport, died Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI. He was the husband of Trudy Nihart Roderick.Born in Newport, RI on March 13, 1930, he was the son of the late William and Dorothy (Bliven) Roderick. Don was a Newport Police Auxiliary Officer in the 1960's as well...
Linda V Pribula
Mar 25, 2014
Linda V. Pribula, of Portsmouth, passed gently on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at the age of 79 with her family and friends keeping her company. Born in Sulmona, Italy, she came from a large, hardworking family, one of 13 children.She loved to cook and worked in her family's restaurant when she was young for many years. She married a military...
William John Brand, Jr
Mar 24, 2014
Portsmouth, RI - William J. Brand, Jr., 77, of Portsmouth, died Monday, March 24, 2014 at home in Portsmouth. Born in Newburgh, NY on August 9, 1936, he was the son of the late William J. Brand, Sr. and Anna (Hetling) Brand. William joined the United States Navy as a young man and served for 20 years. His Navy service...
Dorothy T. "Ginger" Ryan
Mar 21, 2014
Middletown, Dorothy T. "Ginger" (Cabral) Ryan, 68, of Middletown passed away in Providence, Friday, March 21, 2014, surrounded by family, after a brave fight with cancer. She was a beautiful, kind, cheerful wife of USAF (Ret) C Charles P. Ryan Jr., to whom she was married for nearly 44 yearsBorn in Fall River, she was the daughter of the late...
Robert G. Maurer
Mar 20, 2014
Portsmouth, RI - Robert G. Maurer, 89, of Portsmouth, died Thursday, March 20, 2014 at Grand Islander Health Care Center Middletown, RI. He was the husband of Mildred E. "Mim" Maurer. Born in Irvington, NJ on July 29, 1924, he was the son of the late Herman and Anna Mae (Sieben) Maurer. Robert was a veteran of the United States...
Blanche A. Sefton
Mar 18, 2014
Middletown, RI - Blanche A. (Wronowski) Sefton, 96, of Middletown, died Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at Newport Hospital Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late John Sefton. Born in New London, CT on June 26, 1917, the youngest of six children, she was the daughter of the late John and Eva (Kozicky) Wronowski. Mrs. Sefton worked for many...
Elsa M. Jones
Mar 17, 2014
Middletown, RI - Elsa M. Jones, 86, died on Monday, March 17, 2014, at John Clarke Nursing Center.She was the wife of the late Michael H. Jones, Jr.Born on January 12, 1926 in Newport, RI, she was the daughter of the late John M. Jessey and Grace (Johnston) Jessey. Mrs. Jones is survived by three sons; Michael H. Jones and...
Julie Barrett
Mar 16, 2014
Newport, RI - Julie (Guttrich) Barrett, 40, of Newport, died Sunday, March 16, 2014.She was the wife of Irving Barrett. Born in Concord, MA on September 13, 1973, she was the daughter of Gordon and Linda (Johnson) Guttrich of Weston, MA. Julie was a 1996 graduate of Wellesley College. She was a gifted artist and a strong supporter of charities...
Theodore George Czech
Mar 15, 2014
Portsmouth, - Theodore George Czech, 98, of Portsmouth, passed away on Saturday, March 15, 2014 at home surrounded by his family. Born in Chicago, IL on September 15, 1915, he was the son of the late George Czech and Anna (Szynalik) Czech. Ted had a long and event-filled life. He grew up in Harvey, Illinois, and excelled in sports. Ted...
Chase Matthews
Mar 13, 2014
Chase Matthews, 22, of East Main Road, Portsmouth, RI, died unexpectedly on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at home. Born in Providence, RI on September 11, 1991, he is the son of Wayne P. Matthews of Portsmouth, RI and Linda Matthews of Washington State. Chase had various jobs as a snow plower, landscaper and painter. Chase also worked at Pizza Hut...
Gerhard Ferdinand Busche
Mar 12, 2014
Middletown, RI - Gerhard "Gerry" F. Busche, 84, of Middletown, passed away on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Gerry or "Opa" as many new him, was born in Wernigerode, East Germany, on September 6, 1929, he was the son of the late Fredrich and Emma (Tiebolh) Busche. Gerry was a State Trooper in Germany...
Faith Hope Kraft
Mar 11, 2014
Middletown, RI - Faith Hope (Souza) Kraft, 65, of Middletown, died Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at South County Hospital Wakefield, RI. She was the wife of the late Otto Kurt Kraft. Born in Newport, RI on February 7, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Alberta (Soeira) Anderson. Mrs. Kraft grew up in Middletown. She worked for 40 years...
Henry W. Kesson
Mar 10, 2014
Henry W. Kesson Newport, RI - Henry W. Kesson, 79, of Newport, died Monday, March 10, 2014 at Newport Hospital surrounded by his family.He was the husband of Joan (Birtwistle) Kesson. Born in Newport, RI on May 20, 1934, he was the son of the late Henry Wadler and Geneva (Rose) Kesson. Mr. Kesson worked for 32 years, at the...
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